Organic and Small Farmers and Ranchers; Natural Food Products Farmers Under Attack...
The Obama administration is pushing farm controls through Congress as fast as possible and has coordinated the bills so there will be no debate and the committee meetings <http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-and-the-Schoolmar-by-Linn-Cohen-C ole-090214-935.html> are closed. There are less than two weeks to stop the farming bills, H.R. 875 and S. 425. could put organic farms out of business. The group Democracy in action writes that the new "food safety" bills before in Congress were written and sponsored by big agri companies like Monsanto, Cargill, Tysons, and ADM. The USDA would be given the power to force organic farmers what to feed their animals, how to medically "treat" them and what toxic "sprays" to use. There would be penalties beyond the ability of most small farmers to pay. There are buried regulations in the bills which criminalize all aspects of farming by listing them as "sources of seed contamination". Farmers would be forced to use only approved seeds. They could be forced to give up a good seed cleaner and put in a building and equipment for a million and half dollars. These bills are set to industrialize all farms and force farmers to buy chemicals and drugs and face $500,000 penalties if they refuse. More <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2 http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26 714 <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2 6714&t> &t Farmers Under Attack... This urgent message is from our correspondent, Linn Cohen-Cole on February 17, 2009: We have less than two weeks to stop the take over the farms and ranches. H.R. 875 and S. 425 We need to rally people immediately. The new administration is pushing new farm controls through Congress as fast as possible and have coordinated the bills so there will be no debate and the committee meetings are closed. Transparency, change, undoing Bush's regulations, giving the public time to comment, grassroots anything? Our entire food system and thus our health is being decided without the public knowing and those who do know have zero access and the media is absent and they are moving at warp speed to sew this up. Would you put these out, in this order, showing the article as you do so people are more likely to read it? They are imperfect but the closest I've come to explaining how the game is going to be played. No direct, frontal assault on organic farming but an insidious process of "infecting" organic farming... Example: imagine Joel Salatin's wonderful organic farm under the direction of the USDA, with detailed instructions on what he must feed and when, how he must medically "treat" his animals and with what, what he must "spray" and when, ... you get the picture. These bills will industrialize all farms and insure the farmers are forced to buy chemicals and drugs. Organic is dead. As well as human control over the food supply. As well as health. Schoolmarm approach to punishing farmers out of farming. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-and-the-Schoolmar-by-Linn-Cohen-Co le-090214-935.html Bills being rushed through Congress, set to destroy organic farming. <http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-bills-being-rushe-by-Linn-Cohen-C http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-bills-being-rushe-by-Linn-Cohen-Co le-090217-758.html Linn Cohen-Cole is a dedicated researcher and "Paul Revere" of health freedom. At her urging, we've set up an Action Item for you to send an unmistakable message to your representatives in the Senate and the House. We must educate Congress that you do not want organic and small farmers regulated out of existence. You do not want "Big Agra" regulations, perhaps necessary to protect the public when dealing with large scale agra business, applied to organic and small family farms and ranches or to natural and organic food products, including Dietary Supplements. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zP2teJMuCs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ATTENTION PLEASE: The Symphonic Health List is for educational purpose only; learning different health and healing modalities and exchanging opinions and experiences, and not to give medical advice. It may be news related, purely speculation or someone's opinion. This list or list owner make no representations regarding the individual suitability of the information contained in any document read or advice or recommendation offered which appears on this website and/or email postings for any purpose. The entire risk arising out of their use remains with the recipient. 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